Howard Davidowitz Quotations | Page 2

I've heard that the Chris Madden line's pulling powerful comparable sales growth for the past six to seven months. This is a category that exploding for Penney and it's also helping boost their monthly sales higher,

Stuckey's strategy would be to take a plain low-priced product like jeans and embellish it with design. Suddenly it becomes a 'fashion' jeans and appeals to a new ethnic audience. It's the same strategy with 7,

The bigger issue for the entire retail space is that we have a weak economy, unemployment is rampant, corporate spending is down and corporate earnings are not improving.

The big picture is that we're a debtor nation but remain the most profligate spenders,

The nightmare goes on and when Wall Street finds that out, the stock price goes right back down,

The message that Martha Stewart's publicity team sent (Wednesday) was, 'Won't it be wonderful that she's coming back and will be running the company?' ... But how will that happen? It's going to be very tricky.

Circuit City just hasn't been able to compete on price or variety,

In the toy industry, about 60 percent of the independent retailers have already gone out of business.

Investors beware, this could be a shot in the dark for White House,

In next couple of years, the deal puts P&G at a disadvantage. They'll be inwardly focused. The integration challenge here is massive. That's an opportunity for competitors.

Buyers beware. This kind of move is not sustainable, ... The company went into bankruptcy a cadaver and it's coming out a cadaver.

They were a failed company, and they were resuscitated, and now Children's Place is the gold standard in children's merchandising in the United States.

The name of the game for Ben and Jerry's is to get someone to taste the product. If this promotion can get more customers in the doors, there's a reasonable chance that many of them may return later (when they charge full price).

The business is getting smaller -- the advertising, the TV, the magazine -- everything is going down. This company is not going to go away tomorrow. However, the losses are getting scary.

The brand as we know it is dead. Any brand that's built exclusively around a single personality can't survive something like this.

You will still see 50 percent off on merchandise but maybe not 70 to 80 percent off.

The growth of lifestyle centers is absolutely tied to the strong performance of the luxury sector.

The guy that drops by the wayside becomes history, and theoretically he'll be replaced by new concepts in urban clothing and shoes. New concepts are popping up and they are popping up like mad -- as fast as they have ever come if not faster, and they'll want to grow rapidly.

The energy cost in the equation is grossly underestimated, ... The consumer is already stretched to the limit and doesn't have an extra $1,000 to pay if the home bill goes up.

The margins are positive, but sales are eroding,

The company's only chance to move to a new chapter is to have a roadmap of everything that's going to happen with Martha, ... The company is set up for her to come back. The question is, what role should she come back in?

The company has remodeled its stores several times and is also trying to sell its credit business . But when the smoke clears, it's anyone's guess as to how many more years Sears can go on like this.

You can see clearly how the terror attacks have affected the American psyche. People are staying more at home, spending more time with the family and eating out at restaurants. At the same time, anecdotal evidence shows that sales of products such as flashlights, candles, first-aid kits has boomed.

This is moving the deck chairs on the Titanic.

Food companies need to listen to the whispers before they become roars. If they're not careful, certain types of food could be legislated off the shelf.

It's an open question whether or not White House can maintain the momentum it's had.

It's simply a case of Gap missing the mark for the back-to-school season.

That's something that you never see. But it is totally rational with a company in free fall.

As a negotiating strategy, I would assume Saks is trying to package the whole thing -- to sell the good with the bad.

They had a free lunch and now they have to buy dinner.

They are a small brand. They are not a monster brand. The name of the game for them is to build brand awareness and market share.

It's a train wreck. The company is headed south. If this goes on too long, there will be no more company.

The private equity companies have never had this much money. They have $125 billion available for acquisitions.

The problem at Linens 'n Things is execution.

Those retailers who promoted like mad got the business and they won.

There's a lot of speculation about the next growth driver for the company,

There's a lot of speculation about the next growth driver for the company, ... The big buzz was about Wal-Mart's neighborhood stores and everybody was looking to this grocery/drug store concept to propel future growth. Now Wal-Mart said it's slowed down the rollout of these stores.

There's a tremendous profit margin on the tchotchkes they're selling and I understand the appeal of that. But the most valuable thing that Tiffany has is their brand name. You can't be everything to everybody.

He really knows the shopping center business from the ground up,

The jewel that Federated would want is the Marshall Field's flagship State Street store in Chicago.